Volume Iii Part 5 (1/2)

HYOSCYAMUS AUREUS. GOLDEN-FLOWER'D HENBANE.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ infundibuliformis, obtusa. _Stamina_ inclinata. _Capsula_ operculata 2-locularis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

HYOSCYAMUS _aureus_ foliis petiolatis dentatis acutis floribus pedunculatis, fructibus pendulis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 220._

HYOSCYAMUS creticus luteus major. _Bauh. Pin. 169._

[Ill.u.s.tration: No 87]

A native of Crete, and other parts of the East.

”Flowers most part of the summer, but seldom ripens seeds in England; will continue for several years, if kept in pots and sheltered in winter, for it will not live in the open air during that season; if placed under a common hot-bed frame, where it may enjoy as much free air as possible in mild weather, it will thrive better than when more tenderly treated.

”It may be easily propagated by cuttings, which if planted in a shady border and covered with hand-gla.s.ses, in any of the summer months, they will take root in a month or six weeks, and may be afterwards planted in pots and treated like the old plants.” MILLER's _Gard. Dict._

It is, however, a more common practice to keep this plant in the stove in the winter; one advantage, at least, attends this method, we secure it with certainty.

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NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM. HOOP PETTICOAT NARCISSUS.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Petala_ 6, aequalia: _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo. _Stamina_ intra nectarium.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

NARCISSUS _Bulbocodium_ spatha uniflora, nectario turbinato petalis majore, staminibus pistilloque declinatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p.

317._

NARCISSUS monta.n.u.s juncifolius, calyce aureo. _Bauhin. p. 53._

The greater yellow Junquilia, or b.a.s.t.a.r.d Daffodil. _Park. Parad. p. 106.